Button Dodder vs Guará

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Chrysocyon brachyurus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Guará is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Guará
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Cuscuta	Chrysocyon
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Chrysocyon brachyurus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Guará

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Guará
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Guará

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.